[silent_jonny]

It's a big bleepin' deal

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[no more apples]

Thank you all who donated to the no more apples laptop fund! I have it!!!!! (not fully set up yet, but I have it)

[MagUSNRET]

WHO KNEW that Jeff Dunhams puppet would grow up to be VPOTUS
;-)
(GAWD I have missed you and this thread!! I sent you and Retrokitten FReepmail)

[ChicagoConservative27]

Hi.

[slugbug]

Hey Jonny!

[Jrabbit]

HOWDY!!!

[skateman]

Evening!

[Bahbah]

Evening, jonny. My relief and my small distraction. So appreciated.

[stylecouncilor]

Hello Jonny!!

[Mark was here]

Hi Jonny.

I’m hoping you all can get my out of the foul mood I’m in.

[twin2]

Here tonight but dealing with a crap explosion from the old dog.

It is similar to what the democrats did to us. It's like they came to my house and sh** all over it.

[Cudjo]

evening jonny

[peggybac]

Hi Jonny!

[VampireStateNY]

Evening Jonny - we need some entertainment this week!

[EmilyGeiger]

hello!!!

[misterrob]

Okay, so having Miley Cyrus giving advice was a boner idea....

First two contestants have been piss poor

[Yaelle]

LOL!!! Biden! I love your ping posts!!

[kevkrom]

Okay... here's my current standings:

1. (last week 1, NC) Siobhan - She may not be as consistent as some of the others, and she needs to change it up a little bit with song choice, but she's always entertaining. She owned the stage, but not quite the song.
2. (last week 2, NC) Crystal - Really good Joplin impersonation. Dare I use the "R" word ("relevance"), however?
3. (last week 3, NC) Casey - I think he should have ditched the guitar this week and worked the stage. Still very niche and needs to bring up the stage performance skills.
4. (last week 6, +2) Michael - Biggest problem Mike has is that he's pretty much the same each week, but with varying levels of how well he pulls it off. This move up is more due to the others slipping than him improving all that much.
5. (last week 4, -1) Didi - Not as good as last week, but there's still something about her I like -- a somewhat unique quality in her voice. If she chooses good songs and keeps her nerves in check she could go deep, but likely not all the way.
6. (last week 5, -1) Lee - Competent, consistent, but still too "safe" in song choices. He needs to find some way to stand out from the crowd. He's got potential, but it needs to be unleashed.
7. (last week 9, +2) Aaron - Still tends to pick songs that are "too old" for him, but he's got a pretty good voice and making the tour will be great experience for him.
8. (last week 10, +2) Katie - This week's song choice wasn't the best to show off her voice, but she was finally relaxed and comfortable up there. Unfortunately for her, she'll need to improve this much almost every week to stay in. Can she? Doubtful.
9. (last week 8, -1) Andrew - Just totally, totally not the same guy from auditions and Hollywood week. Biggest disappointment of the year.
10. (last week 7, -3) Tim - The goofy antics might actually have saved Paige this week, but I doubt it. Still, I'd not shed a tear to see him go.
11. (last week 11, NC) Paige - Rumor is, she's still searching for the pitch, because she didn't even come close to finding it last night. Poor song choice, poor arrangement, and poorly performed. Since she was already on the cusp of going home, this should be the final straw.

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• Voted off #12 (my rank: 12) Lacey - Don't let the door hit you on the way out!

[Lucky9teen]

I must say this season of American Idol sucks big time. The majority of contestants are boring, been there - done that or they actually can’t sing very well.

I think it’ll be Crystal Bowersox who wins, although AI is rigged and the judges ALWAYS pimp the suckiest contestants (i.e. Lee DeWyze / Aaron Kelly). Meanwhile, contestants that are good, get totally dogged...(i.e., Andrew, Lacey).

Oh well, I realize those that get voted off earlier (and don’t win) end up doing better than those that actually win anyway. I’m just not liking that this season just seems to have a lot of filler, and pimping of contestants. It’s annoying. I’m glad I can DVR it, so I can just skip through and only hear them sing the songs (or not). ;)

[floriduh voter]

Results show in about 15? Hopefully Paige will go home finally. She was bleating like a goat last night. Casey has the most potential star quality. Aaron did well w/laryngitis. Crystal really thinks she's got this in the bag. I liked the girl w/the funny name last night. Everybody else was karaoke.

See you on this f'ng thread.